There was an Italian lady
now known as the Marchesa
but Man Ray and Augustus John
addressed her as “Luisa”.
Being from Milan
she loved things to be grand.
She dressed herself in mink;
Her back, her head and hands!
Of course she had a cheetah
a pet she named “Dear Rhye”.
The feline ran away one day
(He was a sneaky guy)
She looked for her dear baby
“High-low-near-and-far!”
In Turkey – sigh – she had no luck
…Just a veil from Üsküdar.
“I’ll go to Paris,” she thought
“I’ll come dressed as a fly
I’ll bewitch all the artists –
I’m done with chasing Rhye!”
On the Orient Express she lounged
daydreaming about France.
“I could rob Place Vendôme” she schemed
“…but I prefer to dance.”
Along the Seine she tangoed
all the way to Rue de la Paix.
*Ka-chic!* “Vous ressemblez à une mouche, Madame!”
To which she smiled
“Je sais”.